Eldora

[EDWARD H. LYBARGER]

"Summit" was a point, not a stop, where northbound single track became
double.  It was just outbound of the 837 highway crossing, and was not the
high point on the line (or, more accurately, this section of the line).
Glendenning is at the trestle over the road, near the bottom of the hill
(near Black Diamond).  I have photos of all these points (though not
necessarily of a size I can presently scan).  I also have an Ed Miller
contact print of the photo mentioned from the book.  It is captioned, in
Ed's writing, "No. 1711 Near Eldora Park," but I think 1717 is the correct
number.  If I could mis-print this negative I might say more, because the
number on the signal would be perhaps discernible.  That part of the picture
had to be dark to get the sky printed in.  At any rate, the Miller photo
looks south and was taken on the way down from Eldora enroute to
Glendenning.

Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Don Galt <GaltFD at compuserve.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 2:32 AM
Subject: Eldora


> [Time to get this exchange out of the closet.
>
> It started with my sending to a couple of friends a picture taken looking
> north from PA State Highway 837, presumably down the interurban right of
> way in the direction of Black Diamond.
>
> I also posed the question, where had Eldora Park been located?]
>
> Among the responses, this from Jim Holland:
>
> >> This photo won't be much more help but in *PCC From Coast to Coast*,
> page 177, bottom right is a photo of 1717 going past the long abandoned
> Eldora.  I would guess that Eldora was north of
> your photo someplace, but exactly where, I don't know!
>         Basically, Eldora was somewhere between Black Diamond Junction and
> Simmit!  You already know
> that, right?!!!!!!! <<
>
> I don't have "Coast to Coast" but somewhere - can't remember where - I
have
> seen a picture of Eldora Park.
>
> But wait a darn minute, Jim. The only clue I have is the unscaled map of
> sidings that you sent me: despite your enhancements it is hard to read,
but
> I would judge that it shows Summit (just a spot, not a station), Eldora
and
> Eldora Park bunched close together, with Glendenning something like
halfway
> between Eldora Park and Black Diamond.
>
> Anyway, I'd hazard the guess that Eldora stop would have been just north
of
> the highway overbridge - what better location for a station? - and thus
> barely below the summit, with Eldora Park very close by, perhaps just
> around the bend in the picture.
>
> Okay, experts.....
>
> Don G
>